Purple Filter-feeders In Murky Harbour
Purple sponges in murky waters of Mahurangi Harbour
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Searching Bottom In Wedding Dress
Goatfish Upeneichthys lineatus searches the bottom for food with its barbels.
Cute Face Among Coastal Kelp
Kelpfish Chironemus marmoratus (hiwihiwi) cannot float so it glides short distances among kelp.
Tiny Mouth And Leather Skin
Triggerfish (leatherjacket) Parika scaber
Spines Not So Sharp
The most common sea urchin around the coast of New Zealand is Evechinus chloroticus, also called kina.
Mixed Coastal Kelp Forest
There is that zone where the intertidal and and deeper water weeds mix.